2019 TSRA Annual Meeting - Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula
The 2019 TSRA Annual Meeting will be held June 19-20, 2019 at the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. Click below for more information.
Advisory Council Touts Potential for New Products
Source: E&E News, May 17, 2019 By: Dylan Brown The National Coal Council trumpeted non-burning uses of coal in a report published yesterday. (May 16, 2019) The report recommends that the Department of Energy create a dedicated coal-to-products research and development program and incentivize private-sector investment. “Advanced uses of carbon from coal can also lead […]
Attorney General Fox, 17-State Coalition Urge EPA to Ease Burden on Farmers and Landowners
April 18, 2019 Source: Office of the MT Attorney General Contact: John Barnes 444-2031 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Tim Fox joined a 17-state coalition this week to support farmers and landowners by urging the Trump Administration to adopt its proposed replacement of the Obama-era “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule. The coalition, in comments […]
Farm Bureau Applauds New Clean Water Rule Proposal Signed by EPA
December 11, 2018 Source: Mace Thornton, Executive Director, Communications, American Farm Bureau macet@fb.org State Farm Bureau presidents from across the nation attended an event today at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington to witness the signing of the proposed Clean Water Rule.
U.S. Forest Service Issues Record of Decision for Rock Creek Project
Source: Hecla Montana, Tuesday, September 4, 2018 RC Resources, a subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company, announced today that the Supervisor of the Kootenai National Forest has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) authorizing Phase I of the Rock Creek project in Sanders County.
EPA Plans Rule Rollback: Trump Administration to Abandon Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Source: Helena Independent Record, August 21, 2018 By: Matthew Daly, AP The Trump administration will roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Controversial Environmental Initiative Gets Green Light From State
Source: http://montanauntamed.com By: Susan Dunlap susan.dunlap@mtstandard.com May 4, 2018 Updated May 6, 2018 …Environmental groups are gearing up to get more than 25,000 signatures for a ballot measure, I-186, that they say will protect both taxpayers and Montana’s waterways. Mining industry officials say that if the measure passes, it will lead to endless lawsuits and […]
Judge: Mining less needs to be studied
Source: Helena Independent Record, March 27, 2018 By: Mead Gruver, AP Ruling Finds Effect on Climate Change Must Be Considered U.S. government officials who engage in regional planning for an area of Wyoming and Montana that supplies 40 percent of the nation’s coal must consider reducing coal mining as a way to fight […]
Clean Water Rule: States, greens sue over Trump admin’s WOTUS delay
Source: Environment &Energy News, February 6, 2018 By: Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News Reporter States led by Democrats and environmental groups filed lawsuits today challenging the Trump administration over its two-year delay of the Clean Water Rule. Both lawsuits accuse U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers of exceeding their statutory authority under the Clean […]
Montana Sage Grouse Oversight Team to Meet January 30, 2018
The Montana Sage Grouse Oversight Team (MSGOT) will meet on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 11:00 am. – 2:00 pm. in Room 152 of the State Capitol Building in Helena, MT. The primary focus of this meeting will be efforts to develop a mitigation marketplace to incentivize habitat conservation for Great Sage-grouse. The Montana Sage […]
Sen. Daines Introduces Legislation to Accelerate Forest Management
U.S. Senate – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today (11/17/17) introduced the “Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act” (S. 2160) to accelerate badly needed and locally supported forest management projects that will improve the health of National Forests and get loggers back to work.